Hubungan Kepatuhan Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri dan Kondisi Fisik Kendaraan dengan Keselamatan Berkendara Pada Pengendara Ojek Online di Kota Kotamobagu

Abstract

Background : Riding Safety is an effort made to minimize the level of danger and maximize driving safety in order to create a safe condition for riding a motorcycle. The work of motorbike taxi drivers is mostly done by the people of Kotamobagu City.Based on the resuls of a study conducted on 10 online motorcyle taxi drivers in Kotamobagu City, 70% (7 motorcyle taxi drivers) did not use PPE such as helmts, jackets and gloves. Then there are 60% (6 motorists) who are not safe when driving because they do not use mirrors, front brakes and turn signals that don’t work. This study aims to determine the relationship between adherence to the use of PPPF and the physical condition of vehicles with driving safety for online motorcycle taxi drivers in Kotamobagu City.

Method : This type of research is a quatitative study using an analytic observational method with a cross sectional design. The population of this study were all online motorcycle taxi drivers in Kotamobagu City, namely 245 riders. The sample size in this study consisted of 71 drivers using total sampling, namely a sampling technique where the number of samples is the same as the population. Data collection was then processed using the Chi Square test to see if there was a relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variabel.

Results : Shows that there is a significant relayionship between adherence to the use of PPE with a p-value = 0,000 and the physical condition of the vehicle with a p-value = 0,002 with driving safety for motorcycle taxi drivers in Kotamobagu City. It is recommended for motorcycle taxi drivers to always carry out safe driving even though it is close and there is no inspection from the police. Carry out routine motorbike servicing, check the vehicle before use.

Conclusion : there is a relationship between adherence to the use of PPE and the physical condition of the vehicle with driiving safety for online motorcycle taxi drivers in the city of kotamobagu.